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  Gancanagh

  A Gancanagh is a male faerie in Irish mythology that is known for seducing human women. The Gancanagh are thought to have an addictive toxin in their skin that make the humans they seduce literally addicted to them. The women seduced by this type of faerie typically die from the withdrawal, pining...
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  Fomorians

  In Irish mythology, the Fomoiri or Fomoire, sometimes anglicised to Fomorians (later in Middle Irish also, Fomóraig), were a semi-divine race who inhabited Ireland in ancient times. They may have once been believed to be the beings who preceded the gods, similar to the Greek Titans. It has been...
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  Selkie

  Selkies (also known as silkies or selchies) are creatures found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish mythology. They can shed their skin from seals to become humans. The legend apparently originated on the Orkney and Shetland Islands, where selch or selk(ie) is the Scots word for seal (from...
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  Clurichaun

  The clurichaun (pronounced /ˈklʊərɨkɔːn/), or clobhair-ceann in O'Kearney, is an Irish fairy which resembles the leprechaun. Some folklorists describe the clurichaun as a night "form" of the leprechaun, who goes out to drink after finishing his daily chores. Others regard them as regional...

• Leanashe

  The leanashe (pronounced /ˈlænəʃiː/) is an ancient Irish mythical monster, a possession spirit or vampire. Variations of the word include Dearg-Du, Dearg-Dul and Leansídhe. In Ireland many druids speak of Dearg-Duls which has to be killed by building a cairn of stones upon the grave. The Dearg-Duls...

• Fear gorta

  In Irish mythology, the fear gorta (Irish: Man of hunger / Man of famine; also known as the fear gortach) is a phantom of hunger resembling an emaciated human. According to Yeats' Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry the fear gorta walks the earth during times of famine, seeking alms from...